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Chlorite and chlorate in drinking waterFootnote 1
Appendix B: List of Acronyms
- NSI
- American National Standards Institute
- bw
- body weight
- CHO
- Chinese hamster ovary
- CI
- confidence interval
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- DPD
- N,N-diethyl-p-phenylenediamine
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
- GAC
- granular activated carbon
- LD 50
- median lethal dose
- LOAEL
- lowest-observed-adverse-effect level
- MAC
- maximum acceptable concentration
- MDL
- method detection limit
- NOAEL
- no-observed-adverse-effect level
- OD
- odds ratio
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- PQL
- practical quantitation limit
- TDI
- tolerable daily intake
Footnotes
Date reviewed: 2026-06-04